Capping-block.



No. 739,697. PATENTED, SEPT. 22, 1963.. c. 0; McDONALD, e. L. BROWN & w. H. TEARB.

GAPPING BLOCK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1902.

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U ITED STATES i atented September 22, 1903.

: PATE T .OFFICE.

CHARLES C. MCDONALD, OF ELYRIA,

- WILLIAM ll'TEARE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO; SAID TEARE ASSIGNOR TO SAID MCDONALD.

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CAPPlNG-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION tim part of Letters Patent No. 739,697, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed July 29, 1902. Serial No. 117 ,535. (No model.)

' To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES C. MCDON- ALD, a resident of Elyria, in the county of Lorain, GEORGE L. BROWN, a resident of L0- rain, in the county of Lorain, and WILLIAM H. TEARE, a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga, State of Ohio, all citi-v zens of the United States, have invented a new and Improved Capping-Block, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. a

The purpose of this invention is to enable cans of different sizes to be run through the same capping-machine without necessitating a reorganization of the machine to accommodate the different sizes of the cans.

To this end the invention consists in a block adapted to have one or more cans fitted thereto and so constructed that cans of different sizes may be engaged with the block in one position or another and that when so engaged the smaller cans will he raised to the height of the largest can to which the machine is adapted. The small can thus elevated may be passed through the machine adapted for the large can and the cap applied thereto without altering the machine itself.

This specification is an exact description of one example of our invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. v

, Figure 1 shows a can, which may for the purpose of illustration be taken to represent the largest can to which the capping-machine is adapted. Fig. 2 shows a smaller can en-. gaged with the capping-block and by means of which latter the said smaller can is raised to the height of the large can. Fig. 3 shows a can of still further reduced size engaged with the capping-block, so as to raise the lastnamed can to the height of the large can shown in Fig. 1. Fig. at is a perspective view of the block in the position shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the block in the position shown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 1 the reference-letter a is applied to the large can there illustrated. In Fig. 2, 11

indicates a smaller can, and in Fig. 8 c indicates a still smaller can. The capping-block is here shown to be circular in form,'with an unbroken exterior surface (1 of a diameter equal to that of the largest can, or, in other words, the can a. in Fig. 1. The block is constructed with an interior major cavity (1, having a ledge 01 constituting the bottom of said cavity. This cavity d is of such size as to snugly receive the can b. (Shown in Fig. 2.) The block is-also constructed with a minor cavity d opening at the side opposite the side at which the cavity cl opens and having the ledge 01 for its bottom, the same as the cavity cl. Thiscavity d is adapted to receive the can c,as shown in Fig. 3.

In the use 'of the invention when the can a is to be run through the machine the capping-block should not be employed. \Vhen the can b is to be run through the machine, each can I) should be engaged in' the cavity 61' of the capping-block, and by this means the can b will be raised to the height of the can a. When the can 0 is to be run through the machine, the capping-block should be reversed and the can 0 be engaged with the minor cavity d thus raising the can 6 to the standard height, as shown. When the blocks are used, they are run through the machine withthe cans in the same manner that the largest cans are run.

Various changes in the form and details of our invention may be resortedto at will without departing from the spirit of our invention. Hence we consider ourselves entitled to all forms of the invention as may lie within the intent of our claims. Among these changes may be noted the formation of the block adapting it to square or other cans of angular cross-section.

Having thus describedour invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A capping-block having two cavities therein of different diameters, said cavities opening at opposite sides of the block and havinga can-supporting ledge between them.

2. A capping-block having two cavities therein of difierent diameters, said cavities opening at opposite sides of the block, and

from each other and serving as a can support 10 or bottom for each cavity. 1

4.. A capping-block having a uniform external diameter, whereby it may be run through a capping-machine as a floating part,

said block having two cavities therein of different diameters adapted respectively to seat I 5 cans of diflerent sizes.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES C. MCDONALD. GEORGE L. BROWN. WILLIAM H. TEARE.

Witnesses:

F. H. KELLY, WM. F. MCLAUGHEIN. 

